Salih al-Aruri

Salih Muhammad Sulayman al-Aruri (19 August 1966-) was the head of Hamas' operations in the West Bank.

Biography
Salih Muhammad Sulayman al-Aruri was born in Ramallah, West Bank on 19 August 1966, and he was one of the founders of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas before becoming the head of Hamas' operations in the West Bank. He was elected deputy leader of the Hamas Political Bureau, and he was linked to several terrorist attacks, hijackings, and kidnappings, including the 12 June 2014 kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers, which led to Operation Protective Edge.